The Finnish men's team training last night at the Cincuentenario Sport Centre in Formosa

Formosa, Argentina, June 22, 2011 - Formosa is already enjoying a new edition of the FIVB World League and yesterday evening the Finnish men’s team trained for the first time at the state-of-the-art Cincuentenario Sport Centre. They were preparing for Thursday and Friday’s matches against Argentina, and a clash of the Argentine coaches: Javier Weber for the light blue-and-whites and Daniel Castellani for the European team.

Finland, who are third in Pool C with eight points (12 behind Argentina), need points to maintain their chances of making the Final Round. And while Finland worked in Formosa, Argentina – who travel today – trained in Buenos Aires and welcomed the national media. After training Weber said: “Finland are very strong at the net, with good spiking and overall great blocking. We are similar in style but we must show our best weapon, serving, knowing that for them it’s the last chance to qualify for the Final Round.

“Our intention is to continue what we did until now, to think about our team and not about the points. We must think of the match as something different. Facundo Conte and Sebastián Solé are ready to play. The decision to include Gabriel Arroyo in the last match in Catamarca was because he was better physically and that helped us to take good care of Solé too.”

The matches take place on Thursday and Friday at 9:00pm local time and are broadcast live by ESPN+, with the official launch press conference today at 5.30pm.